The liberal Supreme Court justice had criticized her conservative colleague while talking about an opinion he wrote last year in an immigration case.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor publicly apologized for remarks regarding Justice Brett Kavanaugh's background, made during a recent event at the University of Kansas School of Law.

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor apologized for 'inappropriate' and 'hurtful' comments she made about an opinion written by Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Wednesday she regretted "hurtful" remarks about a colleague, apologizing in a court-issued statement after seemingly taking aim at Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s perspective on immigration enforcement.

Sotomayor made a statement suggesting Justice Brett Kavanaugh's upbringing rendered him insensitive to an immigration case.

The Supreme Court is structured in a way that all but requires civility. The nature of the job reinforces that dynamic.

The liberal justice said she regretted her sharply personal criticism over an immigration ruling.

Though Sotomayor didn't name Kavanaugh, she called out a "colleague" who wrote an opinion authored by the justice.

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor apologized Wednesday for publicly criticizing Justice Brett Kavanaugh, comments she said were "hurtful" and "inappropriate."

The highly unusual public apology comes after Sotomayor tore into Kavanaugh, 61, over his concurrence with an emergency order last September that paused lower court rulings barring President Donald Trump’s immigration patrols from targeting people based on their race, language, or where they work.

April 15 (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued an apology ⁠on ⁠Wednesday for her recent criticism leveled at fellow ⁠Justice Brett Kavanaugh, an unusual public mea culpa that underscores the continuing divisions within the nation's top judicial ​body over its direction and actions in high-profile cases.